Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

22B.   Provisions regarding basic expenses for specified entity

Where a freezing order has been made in respect of a specified entity that is not listed on the 1267 List or the 1988 List, the court may, in the freezing order—

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    (a)     make provision for meting out of the property or specified part of the property, reasonable living expenses, including —

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      (i)     mortgage or rent payments,

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      (ii)     allowances for food, medicine and medical treatment,

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      (iii)     any payments due as a result of an order of the court,

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      (iv)     provision for—

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        (A)     the reasonable living expenses of dependants of the specified entity, including educational expenses; and

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        (B)     medicine and the medical treatment of dependants of the specified entity; and

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      (v)     provision for taxes, insurance premiums and public utilities;

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    (b)     make provision for reasonable legal expenses, including expenses incurred in defending a criminal charge or any proceedings connected to that criminal charge and any proceedings under this Act;

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    (c)     make provision for expenses necessary to enable a person to carry on a trade, business, profession or occupation;

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    (d)     make provision for fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or other financial assets or economic resources; and

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    (e)     make the specified entity subject to any other condition that the court considers reasonable.

(Inserted by Act 28 of 2019)